﻿On the 20th of April, 2010, there was an explosion at British Petroleum’s Deepwater Horizon oil well located in the Gulf of Mexico. The explosion proved fatal as it took the lives of 11 people working on the rig, from Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. 17 others were injured.

After the explosion, the well began to leak. It quickly turned BP2_1723549binto a national disaster. Over 200 million gallons of crude oil was pumped into the Gulf of Mexico over a total of 87 days – the biggest oil spill in the USA’s history.The oil polluted nearby shores including the coastlines of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida. Over 8,000 animals were reported dead just 6 months after the spill including many who were already on the endangered species list.Not only did this project fail horribly, it took 11 human and thousands of animal lives as a result...